. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. ACACIA ACACIA , Benth. (A. falcUdrmis, DC.)- Phyll. mostly larger and more falcate: young shoots and in- florescence minutely hoary or golden-pubescent ; pod nearly i^in. broad. 19. saligna, Wendl. Shrub 6-10 ft.: branohlets angu- lar: phyll. 4-() in. long, falcate-lanceolate or oblaneeolate, nar
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. ACACIA ACACIA , Benth. (A. falcUdrmis, DC.)- Phyll. mostly larger and more falcate: young shoots and in- florescence minutely hoary or golden-pubescent ; pod nearly i^in. broad. 19. saligna, Wendl. Shrub 6-10 ft.: branohlets angu- lar: phyll. 4-() in. long, falcate-lanceolate or oblaneeolate, narrowed to the base, rather obtuse, glaucous and smooth, the lateral veins but little conspicuous: racemes short; peduncles short: fl. heads few, large. Mar. 20. cyanoph;^lla, Lindl. Blue-leaved Wattle. Tall shrub 18 ft.; stoloniferous: branches drooping: lower phyll. about 12 in. long; upper 6in. or less and narrower, linear-oblong to lanceolate-falcate, much narrowed to- ward the base, glabrous and often glaucous: peduncles K-Kin. long: fl. heads 3-5, large, golden yellow. Mar. Gn. 52, p. 99. 21. obtusata, Sieb. Tall, glabrous shrub: phyll. lK-3 in. long, oblong-linear,or almost spatulate,usually almost straight, rather obtuse, point not curved, thick, rigid, with thickened, nerve-like margins; marginal gland 1, distant from the base, not prominent: racemes about %ui. long, with densely packed heads; fls. 30 or more. Mar. 6G. Ttie phyll. thick, usually tvifJi inconspicuous lateraI veins {conspicuous in A. pycnantha). 22. neriiJdlia,Cunn. {A. retinddes, SehleAt. nddes, v&F. Jioribiinda, Hort.). Fig. 8. Tall, handsome shrub or small tree: branchlets slender: phyll. 3-5 in. long, 2-5 lines wide, linear-lanceolate, falcate, much nar- rowed to the base: racemes l-2}^in. long ; peduncles about 2 lines long : fls. bright yellow. Mar. 5:9. 189G, p. 505. 13; as a street tree in Calif. 23. pycnAntha, Benth. Golden Wattle. Small tree: phyll. 3
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